Sport is a human right, even for trans and intersex women. According to whom, you might ask? The International Olympic Committee has, as its foundational document, the Olympic Charter (hereafter, “Charter”), which has seven “fundamental principles of Olympism” (IOC 2020). - ThreadSky

kirstimiller30.bsky.social • 63 days ago

Sport is a human right, even for trans and intersex women. According to whom, you might ask? The International Olympic Committee has, as its foundational document, the Olympic Charter (hereafter, “Charter”), which has seven “fundamental principles of Olympism” (IOC 2020).

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reaverden.bsky.social•62 days ago

Human rights are more fundamental. Even the broader right to physical or mental activity should be inferred rather than postulated.

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•62 days ago

Trans people need exercise for its physical & mental health benefits. Trans women have higher risk of heart attacks than the general population, 73% have depression & an alarming 43% have attempted suicide. Exercise has profound benefits on physical and mental health, community and belonging.

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•62 days ago

Trans people aren’t exercising or playing sport. A Human Rights Campaign Foundation study found that 68 % of high school students participated in sport, 28 % of lesbian, gay and bisexual students but only 12 % of trans girls, often because of fear of discrimination.

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•62 days ago

This prolonged & unrelenting attack has placed an already marginalised and traumatised trans community with substantial mental health vulnerabilities as innocent pawns in a political gamble.

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•62 days ago

LGBTQ mental health access rates are the highest they have been for more than 20 years.

Our leaders and legislators must avoid fear-driven policies and make balanced evidence-based decisions for the benefit of all in the communities that they serve.

reaverden.bsky.social•62 days ago

Did you mistakenly reply to my comment instead of your own?

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•63 days ago

The fourth fundamental principle reads:
The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•63 days ago

It’s important to note that the Olympics is only concerned with competitive sport. So the right to sport isn’t merely about recreational or nonelite sport; rather, the Olympics are only concerned with the most elite levels of competitive sport.

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•63 days ago

Thus, the right to sport is a right to competitive sport, even at the elite levels provided the athlete qualifies.

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•63 days ago

The sixth fundamental principle is a nondiscrimination clause, which reads:
The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Olympic Charter shall be secured without discrimination of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, language,

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•63 days ago

religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

kirstimiller30.bsky.social•63 days ago

Those such as Ross Tucker and Emma Hilton who argue against the full and equal inclusion of trans and intersex women in women’s sport adopt the position that such exclusion is, or at least should be, the default.

billiejsweeney.bsky.social•62 days ago

The pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human right

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